compiling gcc 4.4.6....30minutes+
 

I have a program that cannot run with gcc 4.5 or above.
I am compiling gcc 4.4.6 on arch x86_64. I still have gcc 4.6 installed from repos.

./configure when well

But it is proabably a half hour into compiling with make. Is that normal?
T9550 @ 2.66Ghz
4GB RAM

...i think it's looping...?




*** Well that took about an hour... all set.

Yes, that is normal (at least in my experience). If you have multiple cores in your processor, you can use the -j option in make to run multiple jobs simultaneously, which might improve compile time.

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GCC is compiled multiple times against itself :

Total compile time : Often 2 - 3 hours.

Compiling against itself gives me a better understanding of why it takes so long, thanks.

Is there anything beside the jobs option to increase performance? ....besides more Mhz?

thanks